Community Roadwatch events

Caroline Russell: How many Community Roadwatch events have there been in each borough in London, per month, since 2016?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Assessment and Strategy Development of the Violence Reduction Unit (VRU)

Florence Eshalomi: What assessment and strategy development has taken place around the violence against women and girls and the child sexual exploitation strands of the VRU?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Women and Girl’s Networks and the Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) Partnership Group

Florence Eshalomi: Please list the women and girls’ networks which the VRU Partnership group has worked with so far? How has this changed the shape and direction of the VRU’s work in providing support services for young people?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Meetings with Met staff associations (1)

Caroline Pidgeon: Please state the meetings that the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service has held with the different Met staff associations since 10th April 2017.

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Operation Bayboro 2

Tony Devenish: What alleged crime(s) is Operation Bayboro investigating?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Modern Slavery Single Points of Contact

Unmesh Desai: The Mayor’s Police and Crime Plan stated an ambition to introduce Modern Slavery Single Points of Contact (SPoCs) within Borough Commands. Following the transition to Basic Command Units, how many SPoCs does the MPS aim to have and how many of these posts are vacant?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) Partnership Group Advocacy for Gang Associated Girls

Florence Eshalomi: In March this year you said,“I have always been clear that the new London VRU will tackle all forms of violence through a public health approach and this includes violence against women and girls, including the exploitation of young women by gangs.” Please detail how the partnership group set up in October last year has advocated on behalf of gang-associated girls and how the VRU will specifically support girls to help them move away from the exploitation you referred to.

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Criminality Faced by Gang Associated Girls

Florence Eshalomi: In a previous question (2019/6296) I asked about the criminality gang-associated girls face and you responded with issues of sexual assault and sexual exploitation. Anecdotal evidence suggests that they face other forms of criminality and exploitation. What discussions have the Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) and VRU Partnership Reference Group had around this area? Which forms of criminality that gang-associated girls face have they acknowledged?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

SOIT Numbers

Unmesh Desai: Please can you provide me with the number of Full-Time Equivalent Sexual Offences Investigative Trained (SOIT) officers within the Metropolitan Police Service in the financial years 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19 and at the time of writing (at the time of writing please can you provide me with the number of officers in place as well as the officer establishment?)

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

People targeted by facial recognition technology at Kings Cross

Siân Berry: The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) report to the Mayor of London on live facial recognition at Kings Cross, said: “Kings Cross Estate Services operated two Facial Recognition cameras, covering a single location at King’s Boulevard between May 2016 and March 2018. During that time, at a local working level, Camden Police provided images of wanted individuals, known offenders and missing persons to Kings Cross Estate Services.”
Were any of the individuals who had their image shared: a) people who had never been arrested, or b) subject to antisocial behaviour orders but no criminal charges?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Operation Bayboro 5

Tony Devenish: How many officers and staff have been working on Operation Bayboro? Please provide a cost breakdown to date.

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Operation Bayboro 1

Tony Devenish: What is the nature and purpose of the Met's Operation Bayboro?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Brothel raids

Andrew Boff: For each of the years Oct 16 to Sep 17, Oct 17 to Sep 18 and Oct 18 to Sep 19, please can you provide the following:
• The number of times that brothels were raided for suspected human trafficking/modern slavery offences
• The resulting number of times a human trafficking/modern slavery victim was found
• The resulting number of immigration offences detected

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Process for assisting with prosecutions

Unmesh Desai: Please could you advise of both the process and Met police officers or staff involved in both processing police evidence and preparing and taking statements to be sent to the courts?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Dedicated Ward Officer turnover

Siân Berry: Could you provide details about the turnover of staff in Dedicated Ward Officer (DWO) posts, including: a) the average length of service in each ward by its DWOs since the new dedicated posts were introduced, b) how often personnel has changed in each ward in the last calendar year, and c) for how long a period each post has not been staffed in the last calendar year?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Spit hoods use in custody suites (4)

Siân Berry: When officers from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) have used spit hoods in custody suites, what has been the average time a suspect is hooded for, and is there a time limit for wearing a hood?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Spit hoods use in custody suites (5)

Siân Berry: When officers from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) have used spit hoods in custody suites have detainees ever been left unattended while wearing the spit hoods?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Spit hoods use in custody suites (6)

Siân Berry: When officers from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) have used spit hoods in custody suites, how many times were other restraints also applied to the hooded suspect?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Leading for London Programme

Susan Hall: Please provide a breakdown of all the items/events delivered so far for the Met’s Leading for London Programme, including:
• The name and description
• The cost
• The number of police officers who participated
• The number of police staff and PCSO’s who participated

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Live facial recognition technology and private companies (2)

Siân Berry: Has the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) ever met with live facial recognition technology company Viseum to discuss using their products?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Deferred prosecutions

Susan Hall: In June last year, a pilot was announced that would see young offenders receive deferred prosecutions. Please provide the following:
• The number of deferred prosecutions broken down by crime type
• The number of people who received deferred prosecutions who then went on commit another crime
• Any evaluation of the success of the pilot and if it is set to continue

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Bike hire crimes

Susan Hall: For each of the years Oct 16 to Sep 17, Oct 17 to Sep 18 and Oct 18 to Sep 19 please can you provide a breakdown of the number of crimes that involved a GLA hire bike, by crime type?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Community Assessors for recruitment of police constables (1)

Caroline Pidgeon: How many candidates for police constables has the Metropolitan Police Service been able to interview, on average, each month since January 2019?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Community Assessors for recruitment of police constables (2)

Caroline Pidgeon: How many community assessors have now been recruited and how many hours or half days per month, on average, is each assessor working? What is the average number of assessors present at each day one assessment centre session?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Community Assessors for recruitment of police constables (3)

Caroline Pidgeon: Do the Metropolitan Police Service and its agency Shared Services Connected Ltd hold definitive lists of all appointed community assessors and all those who have resigned or simply ceased to make themselves available regularly for work? Does the MPS hold definitive lists of all the community assessors who have been issued with passes for access to Empress State Building and those who have subsequently surrendered their passes?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Data Sharing Agreement between the Metropolitan Police Service and Kings Cross Estate Services

Siân Berry: Could you provide more details of the Data Sharing Agreement between the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and Kings Cross Estate Services, agreed on 5 January 2019, including a list of the types of data to be shared by the MPS?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Fraud

Tony Devenish: Following the Times article ‘Home Office ‘manipulates’ crime figures by ditching fraud cases’, what are you doing to ensure fraud crimes are investigated and recorded by the police?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Operation Bayboro 7

Tony Devenish: What involvement has the Mayor and the Mayor's Office and MOPAC had with the establishment and activities of Operation Bayboro including budgets?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Operation Bayboro 6

Tony Devenish: Have any press statements been released on Operation Bayboro? If so please provide copies. Who authorised each statement?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Live facial recognition technology and private companies (1)

Siân Berry: Could you explain why a sales video from Viseum (https://twitter.com/bbw1984/status/1169621723135774720), which claims its live facial recognition technology can use facial biometrics to find the social media profiles of Londoners, has a Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) logo on it?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Operation Bayboro 4

Tony Devenish: Who is the officer in charge of Operation Bayboro?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Operation Bayboro 3

Tony Devenish: On what date was Operation Bayboro established? Is it still a current operation?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Closure of police stations

Caroline Pidgeon: I have been contacted by a Southwark constituent who wishes to know what problems you expect the ward-based local police teams, especially in Saint George's ward in Southwark, to face following your decision to close both Kennington and Borough police stations?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Community Assessors (1)

David Kurten: What kind of vetting procedures are employed by Community Assessors and what criteria do they use to veto applicants for employment by the Metropolitan Police?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Community Assessors (3)

David Kurten: How many Metropolitan Police applicants have been assessed by Community Assessors and how many have been rejected for employment on the basis of a Community Assessor’s report?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Community Assessors (2)

David Kurten: How many Community Assessors work for the Metropolitan Police?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Cost of Policing protests

Unmesh Desai: Please provide a breakdown of the cost, year on year, to the Met of Policing protests in London since 2014.

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Extinction Rebellion (1)

Tony Devenish: It is reported Extinction Rebellion cost the Met £16m in April, are you still a supporter of this group?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Extinction Rebellion (2)

Tony Devenish: What can you actively do to support the Met to stop a repeat of the disruption across London by Extinction Rebellion?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Increase in Section 60 Stop + Search Use

Jennette Arnold: Is the Mayor shocked to learn that Section 60 stop and search figures have increased by over 2400% in 2 years?How is this justified?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Spit hoods use in custody suites (7)

Siân Berry: When officers from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) have used spit hoods in custody suites, how many times has the suspect who was hooded been identified, either at the time or later, to be in a mental health crisis?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) Funding for Early Intervention Projects and Gang Affected Girls

Florence Eshalomi: How specifically will the recently announced £1.4m VRU funding for early intervention projects support gang affected girls?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Healthy Relationships

Florence Eshalomi: How are you supporting young women, particularly gang associated girls, to understand and develop healthy relationships?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Cycling Hoops (2)

Tony Devenish: Broken down by borough, how many additional cycling hoops have been installed every year over the last five years?

The Mayor: Please see my response to Mayor’s Question 2019/17524.

Female genital mutilation clinics (1)

Onkar Sahota: I welcome the Government’s announcement for a network of new female genital mutilation clinics, five of which will be in London. In which boroughs will the clinics be located?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Female genital mutilation clinics (2)

Onkar Sahota: The new female genital mutilation clinics announced by government only provide care for women over the age of 18 due to the mandatory reporting policy which states that all girls under 18 who are found to have had FGM are reported to the police. Campaigners say that this is a major deterrent for young girls under 18 who want to access support services for FGM. What is your assessment of the impact of this policy in London?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

The HS2 Budget

Florence Eshalomi: It has beenreportedthat the final cost of HS2 could now rise from its initial £56Bn budget to between £70bn and £85bn. Given HS2 is expected to provide £92Bn in benefitsare we getting closer to the point of having review whether it is worth it?

The Mayor: The Prime Minister has commissioned a review into whether and how to proceed with HS2. I think it is right to review all aspects of the scheme to ensure it continues to deliver value for money.
I have written to Doug Oakervee, chair of the HS2 Review, setting out my views. This follows a meeting that Doug held with Jules Pipe, Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration and Skills and Mike Brown, TfL’s Commissioner on 23 September 2019. OPDC’s Chairman and interim CEO have also met with the chair of the review to highlight the issues pertinent to London.
Please see also my response to Mayor's Question 2019/17718.

Links between animal cruelty, child abuse and domestic violence

Caroline Pidgeon: Research suggests clear links between animal cruelty, child abuse and domestic violence. What protocols are there in London for cross-reporting between the police, child and animal protection agencies?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Digital forensics (2)

Caroline Pidgeon: What steps are being taken to speed up the response of (a) the central digital forensics function and (b) Online Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (OCSAE)?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Meetings with Met staff associations (2)

Caroline Pidgeon: Please state the meetings that you have held with the different Met staff associations since May 2016.

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.